Etymology

live-in

Today it means: Living on the premises; usually said of a household employee or a domestic partner. Full definition →

English in ← Middle English in ← Old English in
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  1. Middle Englishlefe
  2. Englishlive
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  4. Proto-Germanic*in
  5. Proto-West Germanic*in
  6. Old Englishin
  7. Middle Englishin
  8. Englishin
  9. English todaylive-in

From live + in.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.